Canterbury Tales Prologue Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 3. provide or give (a service, help, etc.).
  2. 6. rough and bad-mannered; coarse.
  3. 7. thick, durable twilled cloth with a short nap, usually dyed in dark colors
  4. 10. Benet a pivotal Christian monk, the founder of Western monasticism, patron saint of Europe
  5. 12. polished by rubbing.
  6. 13. a small group of trees, often with little undergrowth
  7. 15. of various kinds; several.
  8. 18. formal release from guilt, obligation, or punishment.
  9. 20. of the Ram he astrological sign Aries(♈︎), the first sign of the zodiac (March 21 - April 20), symbolizing boldness, leadership, impulsiveness, and determination, much like a charging ram butting its head.
  10. 21. made holy; consecrated, revered
  11. 23. Greek god of the west wind, symbolizing spring, gentle breezes, and fertility, known as a benevolent figure with wings, often depicted bringing flowers
  12. 25. a man who is in charge of a priory or who is second in charge of an abbey
  13. 26. a person or thing that limits something.
  14. 27. a member of any of certain religious orders of men, especially the four mendicant orders (Augustinians, Carmelites, Dominicans, and Franciscans).
  15. 28. a docile horse used for ordinary riding, especially by women.
  16. 31. of a cruel or violent action) deliberate and unprovoked, sexually unrestrained or having many casual sexual relationships
  17. 33. a wide belt worn diagonally over one shoulder to support a sword, bugle, or other item at the opposite hip, often highly decorated
  18. 34. with courage or determination.
  19. 36. a bishop or other high ecclesiastical dignitary
  20. 37. the title given to a woman equivalent to the rank of knight
Down
  1. 1. a short dagger of a kind formerly carried by Scottish Highlanders.
  2. 2. a covered walk in a convent, monastery, college, or cathedral, typically with a wall on one side and a colonnade open to a quadrangle on the other.
  3. 4. confession, especially to a priest.
  4. 5. brave; heroic.
  5. 8. Maur an Egyptian military leader who headed the legendary Theban Legion of Rome in the 3rd century, and is one of the favourite and most widely venerated saints
  6. 9. impudent; flippant.
  7. 11. a servant in a royal or noble household, ranking between a sergeant and a groom or a squire and a page.
  8. 14. bending and moving easily and gracefully; flexible.
  9. 16. fluent and voluble but insincere and shallow.
  10. 17. a traditional coaching inn, dates back to 1480"
  11. 19. a person who repents their sins or wrongdoings and (in the Christian Church) seeks forgiveness from God.
  12. 22. Augustine was a Benedictine monk sent by Pope Gregory the Great to convert the Anglo-Saxons in the late 6th century.
  13. 24. an open, uncultivated landscape with low-growing shrubs like heather, a type of plant
  14. 29. ability to move quickly and easily.
  15. 30. Orders most commonly refers to the four major mendicant (begging) Friar orders in England: Franciscans, Dominicans, Carmelites, and Augustinians
  16. 32. a professional pilgrim who had journeyed to the Holy Land (Palestine) and returned with a palm leaf as proof, symbolizing their extensive pilgrimage
  17. 35. a man who is the head of an abbey of monks.
  18. 36. a journey to a significant place, usually for religious or spiritual reasons, but also for sentimental purposes, involving leaving home for a sacred destination to experience transformation, ritual, and connection